abort
VERBNOUN
/ə'bɔrt/
5 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A
abort is a valid 5-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1B3O1R1T1
1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =7 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 14TRIPLE WORD → 21
MEANING
What does abort mean?
VERB · 3 SENSES
1
Cease development, die, and be aborted.
“an aborting fetus”
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2
Terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion.
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3
Terminate before completion.
“abort the mission”
“abort the process running on my computer”
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RELATED
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
The act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed.
“I wasted a year of my life working on an abort”
“he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area”
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AT THE BOARD